The Coming War will tell the unreported story of the new “Cold War” between the Us and China.
Crusading journalist John Pilger’s new feature doc The Coming War has raised close to $110,000 (£72,000) on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. This represents a record for a UK documentary on Indiegogo.
The campaign for Pilger’s doc was launched on December 10 and closed on January 18, by which time it had raised 120% of its £60,000 goal.
The Coming War will tell the unreported story of the new “Cold War” between the Us and China.
Solution to shrinking finance
Miranda Fleming, head of film UK at Indiegogo, highlighted to Screen the increasing importance of crowdfunding to independent filmmakers in Europe.
“They (independent filmmakers) need finance, not just subsidised finance. There needs to be a solution to the shrinking finance of indie film,” she said.
“In America, they picked up on crowdfunding very quickly because they don’t have subsidised sectors in film.”
Now, Fleming...
Crusading journalist John Pilger’s new feature doc The Coming War has raised close to $110,000 (£72,000) on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. This represents a record for a UK documentary on Indiegogo.
The campaign for Pilger’s doc was launched on December 10 and closed on January 18, by which time it had raised 120% of its £60,000 goal.
The Coming War will tell the unreported story of the new “Cold War” between the Us and China.
Solution to shrinking finance
Miranda Fleming, head of film UK at Indiegogo, highlighted to Screen the increasing importance of crowdfunding to independent filmmakers in Europe.
“They (independent filmmakers) need finance, not just subsidised finance. There needs to be a solution to the shrinking finance of indie film,” she said.
“In America, they picked up on crowdfunding very quickly because they don’t have subsidised sectors in film.”
Now, Fleming...
- 2/13/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Director Nick Ryan (The Summit) is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for his latest film, Six Days of the Rising, about the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland.
The project will be discussed in front of 20,000 attendees at the Web Summit on Nov 4 in Dublin; Ryan [pictured] will discuss crowdfunding with Indiegogo founder Danae Ringelmann.
The campaign is raising funds for script and visual concept development. Incentives for donors include vintage stamps, personalised newspapers, and limited edition copies of storyboards.
The campaign launches on Indiegogo on Nov 1.
Miranda Fleming, Indiegogo UK Film & Creative, said, “I’m in awe of the creativity coming from our European filmmakers and Nick Ryan’s latest project, Six Days of the Rising is just another example of this. For Nick to select Indiegogo as his crowdfunding platform of choice and to kick off the campaign at Dublin Web Summit speaks volumes. As part of Indiegogo’s ongoing commitment to support talented filmmakers and the...
The project will be discussed in front of 20,000 attendees at the Web Summit on Nov 4 in Dublin; Ryan [pictured] will discuss crowdfunding with Indiegogo founder Danae Ringelmann.
The campaign is raising funds for script and visual concept development. Incentives for donors include vintage stamps, personalised newspapers, and limited edition copies of storyboards.
The campaign launches on Indiegogo on Nov 1.
Miranda Fleming, Indiegogo UK Film & Creative, said, “I’m in awe of the creativity coming from our European filmmakers and Nick Ryan’s latest project, Six Days of the Rising is just another example of this. For Nick to select Indiegogo as his crowdfunding platform of choice and to kick off the campaign at Dublin Web Summit speaks volumes. As part of Indiegogo’s ongoing commitment to support talented filmmakers and the...
- 10/29/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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